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Monday, 22 July 2013

Cover Reveal: When it Rains by Lisa De Jong

Synopsis

One night changed my life
forever.

Beau Bennett has been my best friend since I can remember. He was my first
crush before everything came crashing down, and now he wants more, but it's
more than I can give him. Things are different now. I wish I could tell him
why, but I can't.

I haven’t told anyone.

I never knew how much I really needed him until the day he left for college,
and I was completely alone.

Then one day, Asher Hunt rides into town with his dark, captivating eyes and
cocky grin. He doesn't care who I used to be, he's simply breathing life into
what’s left. People warn me to stay away from him, but he helps me forget the
pain that has held me hostage for so long; something I thought was impossible
before he walked into my life.

I’ve been hurt.

I’ve been saved.

And I’ve found hope.

I thought my story was written that night, but now I know it was only a new
beginning. Until one secret turns my world upside down…

When you live in small town, there’s not much to do on a fall
Friday night after a football game. When the season started this year,
some of the upperclassman at my high school decided that we should all have a
bonfire after each game. It was really an excuse to drink and hook-up: two
things I wasn’t interested in but I always went to hang out with my friends
anyway.

That’s where I was that night.

The night I retreated into darkness, where the night sky had no stars, the day
had no sun, and all hope was drained from my body.
The night my
life ended.

And Beau Bennett wasn’t there. If he had been, he would’ve saved me, just
like he always does. He was grounded that night for staying out past
curfew the Friday before; in fact, it’s the only weekend I remember Beau ever
being grounded.

Life is a series of coincidences and that
night, coincidence screwed me over.

The most important thing I lost was my
entire sense of self. It took seventeen years to build my foundation and
it took mere minutes to tear it down.

I hate him.

The old Kate’s gone...and she’s never
coming back.

And I’ll always hate when it rains.

Meet Lisa

Lisa De Jong is
a wife, mother and full-time number cruncher who lives in the Midwest. Her
writing journey involved insane amounts of coffee and many nights of very
little sleep but she wouldn't change a thing. She also enjoys reading, football
and music.